The strongly negative correlation between poverty and health has long been known. Poverty and social and economic inequality have been clearly demonstrated to be causal factors in poor health.

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I write about health and U.K. health policy. Rising poverty is driving ill health and putting a major toll on England’s public health system, a report has revealed. Health inequalities mean the ...

A San Antonio panel discussed the results of a new survey on the well-being of Texas children Thursday and proposed solutions ...

The idea of the poverty line dates back to 1963, when Mollie Orshansky, a statistician for the Social Security Administration, developed a method to measure how many families were unable to ...

A total of 8.4 million people are unemployed in the country, with youth unemployment at 35.2%. All eyes will be on President ...

School 6 has the highest absenteeism rate among K-8 schools in Paterson. It serves a neighborhood with high poverty, a food desert and other hurdles.

Now, the federal poverty line is the same no matter where you live. Rep. Mikie Sherrill introduced a bill to require regional ...

Gov. Wes Moore's anti-poverty Enough Act initially provides $3M to help Hagerstown's South End. There could be almost $30M ...